Direct STM evidence for Cu-benzoate surface complexes on Cu(1 1 0)

The chemisorption of benzoate on a Cu(1 1 0) crystal at room temperature was studied using low temperature scanning tunneling microscopy. STM images, obtained at 5 K for low benzoate coverage, show isolated surface species that consist of a single Cu adatom stabilizing two benzoate molecules in a flat orientation. These species are discussed in relation to other known metal-organic surface compounds. At higher coverage the overlayer, called the α-phase, was also observed at 5 K and found to contain features attributable to two Cu adatoms associated with two pairs of non-equivalent benzoate species. The observed topographic features are used to suggest refinements of the structural model of the ordered α-phase overlayer.     

加盐导致的全氟辛酸盐表面活性的反常行为

通过测定全氟辛酸铵(APFO)、全氟辛酸三甲铵(TMHPFO)、全氟辛酸三乙铵(TEHPFO)在不同浓度NaCl (0.1, 0.3, 0.5 mol•L^－1)存在时水溶液的表面张力曲线, 考察不同反离子的氟表面活性剂其表面活性随无机盐浓度的变化. 结果表明, NaCl对APFO的胶束化有明显的促进作用|对于TMHPFO和TEHPFO则在NaCl浓度较低时有很小的促进作用, NaCl浓度较高时由于Na^＋和N(CH₃) (或N(CH₂CH₃) )之间的离子交换作用反而临界胶束浓度(cmc)增大. APFO, TMHPFO的最低表面张力(γ_cmc)随着NaCl浓度的增大而增大. 而对于TEHPFO, 少量NaCl的加入有利于降低γ_cmc、然后随着NaCl浓度的增大TEHPFO的γ_cmc增大. 这说明, 加盐溶液中始终存在着屏蔽效应和离子交换作用的竞争, 随着NaCl浓度增大离子交换趋势增大|对于疏水性较高的三乙铵离子在NaCl存在的情况下离子交换作用导致的γ_cmc升高需要更高的NaCl浓度才能显现. 通常认为外加无机盐是增强表面活性剂的表面活性的方法之一, 本工作表明, 对于有些反离子为有机阳离子的氟表面活性剂, 外加无机盐, 如NaCl, 不仅不能起到显著的增效作用, 浓度大时甚至会降低表面活性剂的效能. 所以这类表面活性剂在实际使用时应尽量避免高盐环境.     

Phase and Order Behavior of Charged Asymmetric Diblock-Copolymer Melts in Bulk

The phase and order behavior of charged asymmetric diblock-copolymer melts is studied by using coarse-grained molecular dynamics simulation. One of the blocks is made charged and other one is kept neutral, and the study systematically explores how the charged diblock-coploymer responses as the charge fraction of the charged block is varied from 10% to 50%. When charge fraction increases, the study finds ordered transitions from interconnected cylinder-like structures to lamellae, then to gyroid structures. It is also found that domain size of the obtained equilibrium morphology decreases slightly with the increase in charge fraction of the charged block.     

Electrophoretic evidence for a new type of counterion condensation

A systematic capillary electrophoresis study uncovered how polyelectrolyte effective charge density varies with backbone charge spacing and solvent dielectric constant. The study primarily focused on aliphatic ionenes, a special class of polyelectrolytes, which possess regularly spaced quaternary ammonium groups in the backbone. Complete ionization of functional units and good solvency in water or mixtures of water with lower dielectric constant solvents (methanol, acetonitrile) enabled continuous measurements of ionene effective charge density through the onset of counterion condensation. Ionenes with both uniform and alternating charge spacing were examined. As expected, effective charge density rose linearly with fixed charge density to a critical value, above which effective charge density remained constant. Deviating from expectation, the onset of condensation did not occur at a critical fixed charge density. Instead, condensation initiated at a constant critical Bjerrum length. The same onset condition was found for quaternized poly(vinyl pyridine)s. These experimental results suggest a new form of condensation, one driven by ion-pairing of polyelectrolyte with counterions. In support of this hypothesis, the onset of condensation appeared to correlate with counterion size. © 2004 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part B: Polym Phys 42: 3616–3627, 2004     

CIR技术红外光谱法应用研究

本文描述了通过使用CIR装置技术，实现了水溶液红外光谱分析。由三氮唑核苷、苯甲酸钠、乙酸钠等水溶液进行红外光谱分析研究，得到各自水溶液直接测定的红外光谱，并进行了定量分析研究，效果良好，说明了CIR技术具有较好的实用价值。     

某些含三唑取代的苯甲酸苯甲酰甲酯衍生物的合成

以三乙胺为缚酸剂，通过苯甲酸同ω－（１Ｈ－１，２，４－三唑－１－基）－ω－溴化苯乙酮反应，合成了六种含三唑取代的苯甲酸甲酰甲酯类化合物，具有较高收率。     

Thermodynamic properties of water-β-cyclodextrin-dodecylsurfactant ternary systems

Densities, heat capacities and conductivities of water-surfactant--cyclodextrin (-CD) ternary systems were determined at 25°C. The surfactants studied were sodium dodecylsulfate (NaDS) and dodecyltrimethylammonium bromide (DTAB). From conductivity data, apparent critical micelle concentrations (cmc^*) and degree of ionization of micelles were obtained at a fixed -CD concentration (m_CD). From the cmc^* value and that in water (cmc) the stoichiometry of the surfactant--CD complex was calculated. At a given m_CD, the apparent molar volume V_,CD and heat capacity C_,CD of -CD in the two surfactants were calculated as functions of surfactant concentration m_S. For both NaDS and DTAB, V_,CD increases with m_S up to about the cmc beyond which it decreases to a constant value at high m_S, the opposite is observed for C_,CD. With NaDS, a jump in the C_,CD vs, m_S trend was detected and ascribed to a structural NaDS micellar transition. The apparent molar volume V_S and heat capacity C_S of NaDS and DTAB in the water--CD mixture 0.017 m were also obtained. From these properties and those in pure water, the volume V_S and heat capacity C_S of transfer of the surfactant from water to water+-CD mixture as functions of m_S were calculated. For both surfactants, the V_S vs. m_S trends increase to the cmc and then decrease in a monotonic manner, whereas C_S increases regularly with m_S in the pre-micellar region and is essentially constant in the post-micellar region. The V_S vs. m_S trends were qualitatively explained in terms of dispersed, complexed and micellized surfactant contributions.     

Derivatization,Separation and Determination of Steroids and Triterpenoids by Reverse-Phase HPLC and UV Detection

The steroids were derivatised with aroyl chloride to yield the corresponding benzoates. Among them, their 4-methoxybenzoates were obtained in greatest yield and were analyzed by HPLC with the smallest detection limit (10 ng) by means of a UV detector (254 nm). This method of derivatization can be applied for analysis of steroids and triterpenoids from crude products with the HPLC technique.     

Thermodynamics ofN,N,N-octylpentyldimethyl-ammonium chloride in water-urea mixtures

Specific conductivities, densities, heat capacities, and enthalpies of dilution at 25‡C were measured forN,N,N-octylpentyldimethylammonium chloride (OPAC) in water-urea mixtures at various urea concentrations m_u as functions of the surfactant concentration m_s. From conductivity data, the cmc and the degree of the counterion dissociation Β of the OPAC micelles were calculated. The cmc increases linearly with increasingm _u while Βvs. m_u is a smooth concave curve. From the experimental thermodynamic data, the apparentY _Φ and partialY ₂ molar properties (volumes, heat capacities, and relative enthalpies) are derived as functions of m_u andm _s . The effect of urea on the dependences of the different properties on m_s are discussed. From data in the premicellar region the standard partial molar volumesV ₂ ⁰ and heat capacitiesC _p2 ⁰ were evaluated. It was observed thatV ₂ ⁰ increases linearly withm _u whileC _p2 ⁰ decreases. The properties of OPAC in the dispersed and micellized forms at the cmc were obtained and, therefore, the thermodynamic functions of micellization were calculated on the basis of the pseudo-phase transition model.     

Thermal Deamination-anation in Cobalt(III) Thiocyanate Complexes. Novel decarbonylation of the equatorial amide ligand

The solid state thermal behavior of trans-[Co(bpb)(amine)₂]NCS⋅H₂O complexes where (bpb)=[N,N’-bis(2-pyridinecarboxamido-N)-1,2-benzene], and amine=pyrrolidine (prldn)(1), and benzylamine (bzlan) (2), and trans-[Co(bpb)(piperidine)₂]ClO₄⋅H₂O (3) (mixed with KSCN), has been studied using thermoanalytical techniques, infrared spectroscopy, and pyrolysis coupled to both infrared and mass spectrometry, PY/FTIR and PY/MS. The deamination-anation reaction is clearly observed for all three complexes. The estimated values of E _a for the deamination-anation are: E _a(1)=246.8 kJ mol⁻¹, E _a(2)=255.7 kJ mol⁻¹, E _a(3)=234.7 kJmol⁻¹. The trend in E _a values is rationalized based on the ligand field strength of the amines and the structural effects. A novel decarbonylation of the amide CO group from the equatorial ligand is observed after the release of one amine molecule. This process has been monitored for complex (1) by FTIR in the carbonyl region and by mass spectrometry for the detection of CO₂ at 280°C. The activation energy of this process is estimated for complex (1) (662.5 kJ mol⁻¹). The reaction scheme for the observed reactions is proposed. This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.